Governor Greg Abbott celebrated the strength of Texas’ robust economy as new data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows the Texas economy growing at a faster rate than the nation as a whole. The state’s real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded in the second quarter of 2025 at an annual rate of 6.8.%, well ahead of the U.S. rate of 3.8%. Data from BEA also shows personal incomes in Texas increased in the 2nd quarter at an annual rate of 6.4%, ahead of the national average of 5.5%.
On Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the indictment of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey by a federal grand jury. ‘Clearly Director Comey went off the rails because of his antipathy – his hatred, really – for Donald Trump and made a number of decisions, including leaking confidential, maybe classified information.’
Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major nationwide legal victory to protect the integrity of states’ Medicaid programs for both hospitals and the millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid. This victory struck down a rule from the Biden Administration’s U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (“CMS”) that sought to expand federal control of States’ Medicaid funding mechanisms.
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced that Texas has once again earned the highest possible credit rating (AAA/Aaa) from the major municipal credit rating agencies: S&P Global Ratings, Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service and KBRA. The agencies cite Texas’ diversified economy, steady population growth, strong fiscal reserves and disciplined financial practices in reaffirming the state’s credit standing. All assign a stable outlook for the state going forward.
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on two counts by a grand jury: providing false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. The Left sees this as President Trump coming after his political enemies. We see it, rightly, as justice. But maybe it’s a little bit of both. At any rate, Comey and company were dumb enough to dabble in allegedly felonious activities to ensnare the president
The loan agreement between the PUC and NRG is the third finalized under the TxEF’s In-ERCOT Generation Loan Program, which provides low-interest loans for projects that add new, dispatchable power to the ERCOT region. It is the second TxEF loan received by NRG. Under the loan agreement, total project costs are estimated to be $936 million. The PUC is providing a 20-year TxEF loan of $562 million, or 60% of the total project cost, at a 3% interest rate.
The Office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and the U.S. Department of State today announced a special passport application event taking place in San Antonio to assist Texans applying for routine passport services. Appointment slots are limited. After your appointment request is received, you will be notified of next steps within 1–2 business days.
We’ve been demonstrating for years on these pages that the climate change industrial complex has been the greatest waste of $1 Trillion in world history and that the war against cheap and abundant fossil fuels is a war against economic progress. Now we have a president who rightly lectures the European leaders and UN bureaucrats of the dangers of climate hysteria.
No politician is above the law, and any public official who breaks the law to enrich themselves deserves the harshest penalties. This is why I’ve introduced a new bill to ensure that public officials who commit fraud receive the consequences they deserve. While young working families around the country are struggling to buy their first homes in the face of high prices and high interest rates, some public officials have cheated and taken an easier route.
We Americans, it seems, continue to live in two separate countries. Consider two items in the news this week and the inconsistent responses they evoked. One was the conviction in Florida of Ryan Routh, the second man who attempted to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump in mid-September 2024. The news appeared on page A24 of the print edition of The New York Times. Very different treatment was accorded to the return of Jimmy Kimmel.
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement following the Dallas ICE facility shooting and Senator John Cornyn responded with statements on X to the Wednesday shooting at an immigration facility in Dallas. "We are a nation defined by our value for peaceful discourse, and our respect for law and order. In other parts of the world, political violence grips countries after every change in leadership, strangling their nation, and putting lives at risk every day."
Let me be clear: if a shutdown occurs, it will be because of the Democrats and their reckless spending demands. Their last-ditch proposal would have piled on an additional $1.4 trillion in wasteful spending and dismantled much of President Trump’s progress. While Republicans are working to fund the government responsibly, Democrats continue to push their progressive wish list that the American people have already rejected.
Under federal regulations finalized during the first Trump administration, legal hemp must be tested for total delta-9 THC, which includes both THC and its precursor, THCA. Texas law, however, remains unclear, and some argue only requires testing for delta-9 THC. This lack of clarity has created “loopholes” in state law which have allowed retail stores to sell marijuana masquerading as hemp that would be illegal to harvest in all 50 states per federal regulations.
Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Chairman Jim Wright was honored to accept the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Chair’s Stewardship Award for Environmental Partnership on behalf of the agency during the IOGCC Annual Conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Wright: “This is the third time the Commission has won the Stewardship Award for Environmental Partnership."
As I watched President Donald J. Trump eviscerate the United Nations and the feckless and cowardly leaders of Europe during his remarks before the United Nations General Assembly, two decades-long beliefs were validated. The first being that Trump is a once-in-a-century leader with spot-on instincts. The second being that the United Nations is not only an echo chamber for far-left socialists and anarchists seeking to weaken and undermine the United States of America, but often the epicenter. Most especially in the “Age of Trump.”
Former FBI Director James Comey may be charged in the next few days over alleged false statements he made about not authorizing the leaks of classified information to the New York Times and other news sources. The news comes two weeks after former Comey adviser and Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman was subpoenaed as part of a criminal probe, and was first reported by MSNBC.
For all the media spin about Donald Trump dragging down the GOP, at the moment CNN’s own data guru pretty clearly believes what Democrats fear the most: Voters don’t trust Democrats, and do trust Republicans on the issues that decide elections – and Republicans are stronger now than they were in 2022 when they took back the House. “Whatever Democrats are doing, it ain’t working. Republicans have the lead on all three issues.”
Perhaps the Left was hoping for a festival of anger and fear from Charlie Kirk’s remarkable Memorial Service Sunday afternoon. What they got instead was Revival & Hope – and on a scale rarely seen in human history. More than anything, what came out at the Kirk service was faith – the kind the United Sates of America was founded on. Over 277,000 devices registered in and around State Farm Stadium, and there were over 100 million streams overall worldwide.
